Random Sunday question: flakes

It snowed here yesterday, and since it didn’t stick to the ground or make travel difficult, I was delighted. So for this weekend’s random question, what are some comics you’ve read with memorable scenes or sequences in snowy landscapes? I’ll start after the jump.

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The Briggs arc in Full Metal Alchemist is the first one to come to mind.

Then there’s the story in Land of the Blindfolded where the hero has to rescue his girl who’s gotten lost in a snowstorm on a mountain. Sounds like the usual fluff but really isn’t, explaining it would be a spoiler though.

There’s that Sad Snowy Flashback Scene in VB Rose (contrasted with a scene where present-day Ageha runs around having fun in the snow)… Other than that, snow/winter always makes me think of Hari Tokeino’s manga—she’s written a couple Christmas-themed one-shot stories, as well as Christmas and winter chapters in the Me & My Brothers series. I get the impression she really really likes the season. I myself got hooked on the series during the month of December, so it seems especially fitting :D

In Please Save My Earth, we see memories of Mokuren’s childhood in the snowy land where she grew up. Everyone wears heavy 80s sweaters—it feels so cozy (and therefore all the more heartbreaking in the context of the story).

There was also the three-way drag race between Rally Vincent and Bean Bandit that was hampered when snow interfered with their traction, making the danger of a wipeout even riskier.

I might as well mention the sadistic training Maya went through to learn her lines to the Growing Up play in The Glass Mask. She rehearsed her character Midori in an empty shack while her teacher recited her lines outside. It might not sound like much, but she originally had her script torn up in front of her

I’ve noticed that Japanese comics tend to employ weather more often than American comics. As a Canadian who often has to deal with the fickle nature of the weather, this kind of thing is rather refreshing.

For some reason I always think of Nana and snow–even though I can’t think of any precise moments. (OK the aforementioned Ren car crash does stand out). Ack and here I was just thinking we wouldn’t get any snow in BC this year again, maybe we will…

My choice is Jyu-Oh-Sei. Snow is absolutely pivotal to the story, since the planet and the inhabitants are ruled by it’s climatic weather. I wish more people would read it. You can’t beat it for action, adventure, romance, intrigue, science fiction, and on. I’ll stop now.

The most memorable one I can think of would have to be the flashback fight on the mountains in Matsumoto Taiyo’s Takemitsu Zamurai. It was such a stunning scene visually with the snow and ash floating around and Matsumoto Taiyo’s incredible art style. Viz really needs to bring this over.